After decades touting openness, Singapore sees foreign meddling threat

Singapore is one of the world's most open and globalised economies [File: Yong Teck Lim/AP Photo]

Singapore – For decades, Singapore marketed itself as one of the world’s most open and globalised economies to compensate for its diminutive territory and lack of natural resources.

Now the Southeast Asian city-state is confronting a new challenge: retaining the magic ingredients of its success while guarding against foreign interference that such openness could invite.